Spinning-machine.



L.VA NHA M. I SPINNING MACHINE; APPLICATION FNLED SE'PT. 9. 1914.

Patented Nov. 9,1915.

IN I/E N TOR WITNESSES A TTORNEYS To all whom it may concernIIU'I".I.OJJ VANHAM, 0F JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE? TOFREDERICK WILLIAM DIXON, 0F JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

SPINNING-MACHINE.

Be it known that I, LUPTON VAN HAM, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and a resident ofJamestown, in the county of Chautauqua andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements 1nSpinning-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object'of the invention is to provide certain new and usefulimprovements in spinning; machines, whereby the ordinary top board nowgenerally used is dlspensed with and accumulation of fly waste and .oosefibers is-prevented, to insure the formation of a thread free from flyor waste slubs, and whereby the spinner is enabled to quickly andconveniently make short piecing, and more room for dofling and settingof the bobbins is provlded.

In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of individualswing arms, one for each thread, and a hinge connecting the rear end ofeach arm with the frame of the split seat A in thread. Each spinningmachine, each arm being provided in its free end with a porcelai thepassage ofthe thread.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

' Figure 1 is a plan view of the improve ment as applied; Fig. 2 is anedge view of the same with a portion of the frame of the spinningmachine shown in section; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional elevationof the improvement on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Arms A, one for each thread, are connected individuall by hinges B withthe frame C of the spinning machine, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and2. The forward free end of each arm A is provided with a 'which isremovably seated a porcelain pot-eye D of usual construction to form aguide for the corresponding porcelain pot-eye D is provided with a-splitin register with the split of the seat A, and the upper end of eachpot-eye D is provided with a flange D seated on the seat A to hold thepot-eye in place. The hinge B is constructed to normally hold the arm Ain an approximately horizontal position during the spinning operationand whena bobbin is filled the arm A'is swung upward into anapproximately Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 9, 1914. Serial N 0. 860,836.

an eye .F overlying the its, seat A.

spht in register with. the splits of the seat pot-eye for- Patented Nov.9, 1915.

vertical position for dofling or other purposes. The pot-eyes may beprovided with varioussized openings to accommodate different counts ofspinning. Each pot-eye may be fastened in place by cement orotheradhesive substance or it maybe removably held in place in the seat A bya plate F securedto the upper face of the corresponding arm A by a screwE or other means. The plate F is provided at its forward end with flangeD so as to hold the pot-eye D securely in position on The eye F isprovided with a A and the pot-eye D, as will be readily understood byreference to Fig. 1. The rear end of the plate F extends beyond thescrew and is provided with a curved flange F engaging the pivotalportion of the hinge so as to bear on the same with a View to hold thearm A in raised position, as plainly indicated in dotted lines in Fig.2. It is understood that when the spinning frame has been replenishedwith empty bobbins the operator can readily swing the arms A downwardlyand forwardly back into active position.

It will be plate F the pot-eye D is securely held in position on the armA, and in case the poteye becomes injured or broken it is only necessaryfor the'operator to loosen the screw E for convenient removal of thepoteye D and to replace the same by a new one, after which the plate Fis returned and fastened in place by the screw E. It will also benoticed that by the arrangement .described the ordinary top board nowgenerally used is entirely dispensed with and each individual arm can beswung into horizontal or vertical position at the option of the operatorwithout moving the entire top board into the same position. It willfurther be noticed that the accumulation of fly waste or loose fibers isprevent d, to' insure the formation of a thread free from fly or wasteslubs, and the spinner is enabled to quickly and correctly make a shortpiecing, and more room for dofling andsetting of bobbins is provided.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A spinning machine provided with a se ies of swing arms one for eachthread, a

noticed that by the use of the i j pot eye in the free outer end of eacharm, a

hinge connecting the rear 'end of each arm with the frame of thespinning machine, and a plate secured to the arm and hearing at its rearend on the pivotal portion of the hinge.

spinning machine provided with a series of swing arms, one for eachthread, a hinge connecting the rear end of each swing arm with chine, apot eye in the forward end 'ofthe swing arm, and 'a plate secured to thearm between the ends thereof, one "end of said plate bearing on the poteye and the other end frictionally engaging the pivotal portion of thehinge.

3. A spinning machine provided with a series of swing arms, one for eachthread, a hinge connecting therear end of each swing arm with the frameof the spinning machine, a porcelain pot-eye in the free outer end ofthe swing arm, and a plate removably secured to the arm between the endsthereof,

the forward end of the said plate having an integral split eye overlyingthe rim of the said pot-eye, and the rear end of the said he frame ofthe spinning ma-' plate having a curved flange frictionally engaging thehinge,

4. A splnning machine provided with a series of swing arms one foi eachthread, a j

hinge connecting the rear end of each swing arm with the frame of thespinning machlne,

the forward end of each arm being provided with a split seat,

aporcelain pot-eye provided with a split in register with the split ofthe seat, theupper end of the pot-eye be-- seated on the ing providedwith a flange said seat, and a plate removably secured to each swingarm, and provided at its forward end with an eye, overlyin the flange ofthe pot-eye and having a split registering with the splits of the seatand the pot-eye, the

rear end of the plate extending over the pivotal portion of the hingeand bearing on the same.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

.- LUPTON VANHAM.

Witnesses:

' GILLMAN CHASE,

FREDK. W. DIXON.

